A soprano saxophone stands on a dark stage floor. Behind it you can see the legs of people walking by.

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Jazzfest Berlin 2022

The next edition of Jazzfest Berlin will take place from 3 to 6 November 2022. The programme will be published in summer.

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Jazzfest Berlin 2021 in the Berliner Festspiele Media Library

You can still access the concerts and music videos featured at the 2021 festival edition, with a programmatic focus on the metropolises of Cairo, Johannesburg and São Paulo as well as leading protagonists of the New York and Berlin avant-garde, free of charge on ARTE Concert and in the Berliner Festspiele Media Library.

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Jazzfest Berlin 2021

Impressions

In the dimly lit foyer of the silent green, Philip Rizk's video installation “Terrible Sounds” runs on a screen.
Video installation “Terrible Sounds”. © Camille Blake
The pianist Vijay Iyer plays with his trio on the oval stage of the Pierre Boulez Hall.
Vijay Iyer. © Roland Owsnitzki
Concert of the Trickster Orchestra in the silent green Kuppelhalle: two musicians play on a gallery, the rest down on the stage.
Trickster Orchestra. © Camille Blake
Ståle Storløkken plays the organ at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, with blue windows in the background.
Ståle Storløkken. © Roland Owsnitzki
The pianist Nduduzo Makhathini plays on a grand piano with his eyes closed.
Nduduzo Makhathini. © Camille Blake
Drummer Mariá Portugal and her band during the concert in red light.
Mariá Portugal. © Camille Blake
Artistic director Nadin Deventer moderating a concert at Jazzfest Berlin 2021.
Nadin Deventer. © Camille Blake
Multiple screens surround the audience in the silent green Betonhalle with a live stream of a concert with Herbie Tsoaelie.
Live stream Johannesburg – Herbie Tsoaelie. © Camille Blake
Members of the band Elephantine play various wind instruments and double bass.
Elephantine. © Camille Blake
Dave Douglas sits with trumpet in the foreground, his drummer in the background.
Dave Douglas. © Camille Blake
Aki Takase is awarded the Albert Mangelsdorff Prize.
Aki Takase. © Camille Blake
The band Ahmed performs in blue light in front of the lettering "Jazzfest Berlin 2021".
Ahmed. © Camille Blake

Success and Recognition for the Jazzfest Berlin!

Jazzfest Berlin has received the 2021  EJN Award for Adventurous Programming of the Europe Jazz Network. It convinced an international jury of six artists and programmers and was selected from among 16 other festivals, clubs and concert venues, nominated in advance by the more than 160 EJN member organizations from 34 countries. The EJN Award for Adventurous Programming was presented for the tenth time this year. The  award ceremony took place on 14 April 2021.

For more information:  europejazz.net

EJN award ceremony

© Camille Blake

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